Lead Teacher

Learn & Discover Playschool

Lead Teacher

Staten Island, NY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    Professional Development Assistance

    Employee discounts

    Paid time off

    Tuition assistance

    Join our team of wonderful educators at Learn & Discover. Teachers are responsible to ensure that the basic and educational needs of our students are met. As an early childhood teacher, you will be required to prepare and deliver classroom activities, communicate with staff and parents, and ensure that the learning environment remains safe at all times. You should also be an excellent role model for our students.

    To be successful as a teacher, you should be creative, energetic, and able to encourage self-expression. Top candidates will possess a thorough understanding of the contextual factors that shape early childhood development.

    Preschool Teacher Responsibilities:

    Planning and delivering lessons designed to facilitate students' social, emotional, and cognitive development.

    Encouraging self-expression through understanding, flexibility, and behavioral reinforcement.

    Tending to students' basic needs by feeding and dressing them.

    Mediating conflict between students.

    Modelling appropriate behaviors, even when not on duty.

    Ensuring that the classroom remains safe and conducive to learning at all times.

    Liaising with families to gain insight into students' home lives.

    Tracking and informing parents of students' progress.

    Attending parent and staff meetings.

    Preschool Teacher Requirements:

    21 years of age or older

    Clear criminal record.

    High school diploma or equivalent.

    BA in early childhood or related field of study and on a study plan to earn certification in Early childhood